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kleinbl00  ·  3380 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Kleinbl00's Red Pill Reading List: Geopolitic

Yeah, this ain't it. This is remedial college social studies, and it presents history as a longitudinal "what did your parents think" problem. There's no attempt to, say, link Reagan's attitude against the Soviets to even Reagan's role as the mouthpiece of the HUAC - it's "what do you think of Reagan? Well, what did your parents think of LBJ? See? History!"





user-inactivated  ·  3380 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Extrapolate. I think the idea can be applied to teaching history backwards. Just by following causality back through time. Obama? What caused Obama. Bush? What caused neoconservatism. And on back.

kleinbl00  ·  3380 days ago  ·  link  ·  

We agree on this. However, you said "people do that all the time." To date, I've seen no evidence. I'd like to believe it because I think the idea has merit. But this is not an example of what I'm talking about.

user-inactivated  ·  3380 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Did notttttt! Just that I've heard the idea put in practice before.

kleinbl00  ·  3380 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Fair enough. I remain disappointed in your research. ;-)